Pair of hikers found dead below mountain ridge in southwestern Alberta

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Two missing hikers have been found dead at the bottom of a ridge in the area of Crowsnest Pass in southwestern Alberta, RCMP said in a release Friday.

The two men, aged 34 and 35, were located by search and rescue crews at the bottom of a ridge at Mount Coulthard, about 12 kilometres southwest of Coleman, Alta. 

Their bodies were recovered with help from a long-line helicopter brought in from Fernie, B.C.

The men had been hiking along North York Creek Plane Crash Trail the day before their bodies were discovered.

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City officials in Lethbridge identified one of the men as Greg Gaudette, who was

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